cliffcoggin

Thank you.

Well I hated the Boulevard Periphique anyway, so no loss to not drive there again.

I repeat: get the battery professionally tested.

Sorry Luriy, I do not not hear anything unusual.

In other words he can afford to thrash it because he did not pay for it.

Sorry Antonio. I mistakenly omitted the word "not" from my previous answer, which I have now amended. You should not rely on a voltage reading to tell you about the battery health because the load imposed by a simple meter is only a few milliamps, which is not enough stress to show up internal faults. Professional testing should impose a load about 100,000 times a multimeter (i.e. about 200-300 amps which is what a starter motor draws,) in order to truly stress the battery.

It's not the heater failure causing the power loss. It's something more fundamentally wrong with your car. Can you exchange it for the better car?

Sight of a full service history would be essential to my mind, particularly as Quattros get thrashed more than most cars,

Thanks for that information. I would never have imagined that such a vent existed.

Sorry but I don't understand any of that statement. Please explain. As Magnet mentioned earlier, can you hear a pump operating when pulling the stalk?

That's ironic given that speed cameras must by law have roadside signs giving drivers advance of warning their presence and be clearly visible.

It's good to hear Blackburn Audi gave you good service and can be recommended. Please now tell us which Audi dealer let you down so badly. Please keep the reply strictly factual.

Welcome to the real world Rit. If you want opinions from people here you need to supply useful information on which to base those opinions, not useless photos.

Forget about the dealer warranty, they are all worthless. Rely instead on the legal obligation the dealer has to rectify faults or re-imburse you.

Many things in life are not allowed, such as murder and theft, but they still happen. Contact Autotrader as Steve suggested.

It is possibly the battery starting to fail. Get the battery professionally tested; do not rely on a voltage reading to tell you anything useful.

More likely the second seller has simply copied the photo from the first seller's advertisement because he does not have his car yet. (Note the "arriving soon" banner.) Whether that means the cars are one and the same is debatable.

Rit. Your photos reveal nothing worthwhile. If you really want a second opinion you need to take some measurements of pad thickness and disc thickness.

You could start by answering my questions of 22nd October.

An oil catch pot is a crude and only partial solution. Better to solve the real problem rather than introduce a bodge in the hope that it might alleviate the symptoms. As for the codes, ignore them. Take off and clean the EGR valve, ditto the DPF.

You are unlikely to do so, and even if you do find one with a service history it will not be worth the paper it is written on. In my opinion you would be better served by buying a complete secondhand engine and have it reconditioned yourself, however that will not be cheap.

I feel I must echo Gareth's caution. Buying a car without seeing its service history first, is like buying the car without looking at it first or test driving it. Trusting the dealer's word is risky in the field of car buying. That's not to say all dealers are shady characters, but there are enough of them in the market to make me very wary.

Your choice of course, but a little pot of paint would cost far less than a new piece of glass. Do let us know the outcome of whatever decision you make.

One of the experts here will tell you that unless such work is done properly the engine will run hot and destroy itself. That would be far more expensive than replacing the EGR and DPF.

Can you see a break in the element? If so it may be possible to repair it with conductive paint. https://yourcar.co.uk/best-heated-rear-window-repair-kit/